'Porky' packing for trip to Pennsylvania

Pig rescued on Route 80 cleared for a new life

8:45 PM,
Dec. 30, 2013

Morris County Office of Emergency Management staff responded to a report of a loose 450-pound pig on the Route 80 west ramp to Route 287 on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Courtesy Facebook/Morris County Office of Emergency Management~

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The plus-size pig who was rescued on Route 80 in Parsippany after falling off a livestock truck on Monday is hopefully heading for a new life in Pennsylvania today.

The 450-pound pig - named Porky by authorities - will be trucked to its new home at Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Mehoopany, Pa., according to Kelly Simonetti, director of the Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary, who is directly involved in Porky's care.

Currently resting in a pen at Fosterfields Living Historical Park in Morris Township after his highway ordeal, Porky originally was destined for an evaluation at the Cornell ...